Interviews part 01

[DrDre']

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Ear-ache,
you are getting lots of great interviews, congrats. Any idea where you want to end up?

 

[kifaru]

so far
WashU
Mayo-rochester
UTSW
UAB

 

[DrDre']

My name is Dr. Dre' - I am addicted to the SDN interview thread and MyEras, as well as my junk mail folder on MSN! I wish I was just a LITTLE bit busier right now...

 

[driverabu]

My name is Dr. Dre' - I am addicted to the SDN interview thread and MyEras, as well as my junk mail folder on MSN! I wish I was just a LITTLE bit busier right now...

I couldn't have said it any better! I really need to start concentrating just a little bit more on this darn CS exam I have in a few weeks!!

 

[DrDre']

On Step 2 CS,
If you are a native speaker, do not think about it at all! It is a quite reasonable test, this does not attenuate how much I loathe its conception 🙂


If you are not a native speaker- I am sure you will do well nonetheless!

Good luck with it!

 

[hermione]

I am really begining to get angry each time I see "no new messages" on myERAS. The only conselation is that I can atleast do QBank questions inbetween obsessively checking and rechecking that damn sight. Grrr. 🙄

 

[Med4ever]

For those of you who are getting interviews do you have a posted step 2 score?

Thanks
Paranoia setting in.

 

[DrDre']

No step 2 scores for me. Good luck guys and gals!

 

[E'02]

Albert Einstein 9/28/05 via email

 

[kid korea]

maimonides TY today. kind of annoying that their interview season only goes as "late" as nov 29.

so far:

columbia (anesth)
suny downstate (anesth)
UIC (anesth)

maimonides (TY and prelim med)
UIC (prelim med)

i have step 2 ck posted so far, plus 2 LORs. still waiting on 2 more LORs. step 2 cs to be suffered through later this year.

 

[E'02]

MGH & Mayo-Rochester via email today 🙂

So far: SLU, WashU, JHU, UVA, UNC, UU, and OHSU

MGH?? Nice - congratulations!

 

[no oxygen]

I am really begining to get angry each time I see "no new messages" on myERAS. The only conselation is that I can atleast do QBank questions inbetween obsessively checking and rechecking that damn sight. Grrr. 🙄

and I thought I was the only one.... 😉

 

[DrDre']

Any scuttlebutt on when your home program is offering invites?

 

[Soon2BENT]

Any scuttlebutt on when your home program is offering invites?

it concerns me when my home program hasnt offered yet

 

[kid korea]

Any scuttlebutt on when your home program is offering invites?

that i'm not sure... but i'll keep you guys posted when i get my invite, since they offer an interview to all their own students. i do know that they try not to interview all THAT many people, i believe <100. not entirely sure on that one though.

we all met with PD before our sub-i ended, and he let us know that he gives two ****s about board scores, although they do use them as a filter if necessary. otherwise, he pretty much said that the entire thing rode on the interviews.

 

[DrDre']

Thanks for the response, KK
Looks like you are collecting a nice interview list!

 

[nineeight]

I am really begining to get angry each time I see "no new messages" on myERAS. The only conselation is that I can atleast do QBank questions inbetween obsessively checking and rechecking that damn sight. Grrr. 🙄

I have worked out a system-after 50 questions I get to check myERAS and here. lol. 😉

 

[hermione]

and I thought I was the only one.... 😉

🙄 Hang in there. I'm sure we'll end up someplace. And if not, we can always become pharm reps. They make twice as much as residents anyway, and you get a free car.

 

[kid korea]

Thanks for the response, KK
Looks like you are collecting a nice interview list!

no problem. looks like you've got a hot stack of them, yourself. sometimes i worry that i don't have the 8 or 9 offers that some SDNers here have, but then i remember that i limited myself to chicago/nyc, pretty much. just a few other outliers here and there besides that.

good luck to everyone, scheduling some of this is madness.

 

[DrDre']

I wouldn't worry - you have some good ones already. There are still relatively few programs overall that have sent out requests- assuming the SDN network covers the majority of them...

 

[Soon2BENT]

did anyone get that email from Beth Israel?

 

[DrDre']

No, but i got one from her sister, Gertrude. Sorry, think I have cracked, finally...

 

[kid korea]

did anyone get that email from Beth Israel?

just got it. sounds like a generic "thanks for your application" email. i got all excited and everything too..

 

[masteropuppets]

M.O.P. that sucks!! what does one do in such a perdicament? I wish you well. when did you submit ur WashStL app?

I submitted my app on 9/7

 

[chicamedica]

Congrats! You deserve it!

Aww thanks! 😍

Now WHERE's my MGH interview?? 😡
j/k

 

[Soon2BENT]

Aww thanks! 😍

Now WHERE's my MGH interview?? 😡
j/k

i hear you babe. that's my #1

 

[ear-ache]

Ear-ache,

you are getting lots of great interviews, congrats. Any idea where you want to end up?

Thanks DreDre & E'02, I feel very fortunate. It looks like you guys, and many others on SDN, have also received nice interview invites.

I'm not sure where I want to end up. I do have a strong interest in critical care medicine, so I would prefer to go to a program with a CC fellowship or has a good CC foundation.

Med4ever asked about Step 2 scores - I am fortunate to have my Step 2 scores submitted. My ERAS application is complete with exception of the Dean's letter.

I also received that Beth Israel Deaconess email - I was all excited until I realized it was a "Thanks for your interest" letter.

Good Luck everyone!

 

[KungPOWChicken]

Did everyone receiving their Mayo invite also get the plug the Director saying how he was impressed with your application, hoping that you interviewed there.

 

[ultm8frisbee]

MUSC via email (9-27)

 

[DrDre']

KungPAO (My favorite post run meal!)

I think everyone got the "impressed letter" from mayo. Anything someone writes is suspect to me for the next x months!

ear-ache,
As to CCM, consider UIowa. Very strong SICU months, lots of months during residency, strong CCM fellowship.

 

[gasrow]

Did everyone receiving their Mayo invite also get the plug the Director saying how he was impressed with your application, hoping that you interviewed there.

Yes, received the impressed letter and a seperate email with the interview dates.

 

[gasrow]

For those of you who are getting interviews do you have a posted step 2 score?

Thanks
Paranoia setting in.

I have a posted step 2 score, but most people I know do not.

 

[kifaru]

got the BID email 😕
oh yeah, and I am also a SDN junkie.
we need a help-hotline for addicts!!!

 

[E'02]

Actually we should all be patting ourselves on the back for all the good work.

Just a note to everyone - if you've listed a permanent address on your CAF (i.e. parents' address) check with with your folks if they've received any letters. I just got a prelim invite from NY Hospital, Flushing. I did not receive an email nor is it under Messages in ERAS. I hope my parents didn't throw anything out accidentally!

 

[jetproppilot]

My name is Dr. Dre' .

Mother*(cker I'm Dre!

so listen to the play-by-play

day-by-day

Rollin' in my '4 with sixteen switches

and got sounds for the bitches

Cockin' all the richest

Got the hollow points for the snitches

So would you just walk on by...

cuz I'm too hard to lift

and no this aint Aerosmith

its the mutttherfu%%in D-R-E

from the CPT

on a rhymin' spree

A STRAIGHT G!


man Dre, you rok, G.

 

[ear-ache]

ear-ache,
As to CCM, consider UIowa. Very strong SICU months, lots of months during residency, strong CCM fellowship.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[no oxygen]

Did everyone receiving their Mayo invite also get the plug the Director saying how he was impressed with your application, hoping that you interviewed there.

yeah, got that too

 

[KluverBucy]

anyone else have NO interviews yet and gettin worried? i see all you guys gettin these great interviews and i'm sh*ttin my pants! 😱

 

[toughlife]

got the BID email 😕
oh yeah, and I am also a SDN junkie.
we need a help-hotline for addicts!!!

got same email. Guess we'll have to wait.

 

[SleepyTime]

I've been away for a few days attending to more important things (see title). It looks like you've all been seeings some interviews roll on in. Since Monday I got UCLA-Harbor and Mayo-Rochester. Yes, I also got the 'impressed' letter. I thought it was a nice touch.

 

[Idiopathic]

Does anyone know how to contact ERAS? I havent received any messages from them in almost two weeks, and its starting to piss me off. Not that I expect all these interviews, but to not have any messages in two weeks is a little weird.

 

[vecuronium]

Hi all...I've been reading for a long time and this is my first post.

Just want to let you know that you all are awesome and that it's good to know I will have good colleagues in the future.

Best of luck to all and I hope that we will all match well.

For me thus far: UF, UVA, GWU, Columbia, UCLA Harbor, TY Harbor. Hoping for some SoCal loving, but nothing yet.

Also, do you know if Prelim Med programs give out invite later than most? I haven't heard back from any of them and I applied to 10.

 

[toughlife]

Hi all...I've been reading for a long time and this is my first post.

Just want to let you know that you all are awesome and that it's good to know I will have good colleagues in the future.

Best of luck to all and I hope that we will all match well.

For me thus far: UF, UVA, GWU, Columbia, UCLA Harbor, TY Harbor. Hoping for some SoCal loving, but nothing yet.

Also, do you know if Prelim Med programs give out invite later than most? I haven't heard back from any of them and I applied to 10.

Maricopa and UIC

 

[toughlife]

Does anyone know how to contact ERAS? I havent received any messages from them in almost two weeks, and its starting to piss me off. Not that I expect all these interviews, but to not have any messages in two weeks is a little weird.

It looks like many of the programs sent their first round of interviews already. Hopefully, some will trickle in during October but I expect the bulk of interviews/rejections to come in during Nov. Only today I got, 4 emails with "We are awaiting the completion of your file (ERAS, MSPE) before we can grant you an interview". So needless to say, we may have to wait until Nov. So far I've only gotten 3 interviews for gas and two prelims. Not as good as I hoped but slowly but surely. I will send my transcripts in next week and hope for some more action.

 

[chicamedica]

Does anyone know how to contact ERAS? I havent received any messages from them in almost two weeks, and its starting to piss me off. Not that I expect all these interviews, but to not have any messages in two weeks is a little weird.

Yeah, check your spam mail folder, and double check whether the email address you provided is correct (the latter might be the prob, since u dont have any messages in ERAS)

 

[DrDre']

Jet Prop,
You remember MY lyrics better than I do!
I hope your personal and professional lives are mellowing out now.
You need to get back to listening to those beats and pushing your squats again!

 

[ear-ache]

I've been away for a few days attending to more important things (see title). It looks like you've all been seeings some interviews roll on in. Since Monday I got UCLA-Harbor and Mayo-Rochester. Yes, I also got the 'impressed' letter. I thought it was a nice touch.

CONGRATS!!!!!! I hope Mom and baby are healthy.

I have two little girls myself and I love being a Dad. Life sure does change drastically once you have kids - mostly for the better 😉

 

[no oxygen]

Penn State, 9/29 by email 😀

 

[masteropuppets]

Sleepy:
That is awesome, congrats on your new little one! 😀

 

[kid korea]

It looks like many of the programs sent their first round of interviews already. Hopefully, some will trickle in during October but I expect the bulk of interviews/rejections to come in during Nov. Only today I got, 4 emails with "We are awaiting the completion of your file (ERAS, MSPE) before we can grant you an interview". So needless to say, we may have to wait until Nov. So far I've only gotten 3 interviews for gas and two prelims. Not as good as I hoped but slowly but surely. I will send my transcripts in next week and hope for some more action.

right there with you bro: 3 gas, 2 prelim (+ 1 ty). we'll be fine. if nothing changes in 2 months, then we'll start worrying. 😉